The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-04-28
pRIC-A-pRAC.

SO beautiful she seemed and so pure
An me! how should miss her.
Unable longer to endure
My wish, 1 asked to kiss her.
A blush of deepest rose oersprcad
Her face, as if-to mask it,
AS, with woman's art, she said:
why, Frank, you should not ask it,"
a man of mark-A marquis.
The height of summer-F Fahrenheit.
a go betwcen-1Iam in sandwich
a sound instructor-A music teacher.
A sound inyestment-Buying q drum.
Putting on airs-The western cyclone.
The greatest roam man Of them all-Thc
| tramp.
Sober thoughts-The kind that come
next morning you know.
! 1t is not the cream that ought TO be
whipped, but the millIman.
Every sucker in the land ought to be p,lt
through course of sprouts"
1t is mean girl who will give her raitb.
full lover the mitten in hot weather
| a bunion is spoken Of as robby thing
| in lOW-Cut shoes.
| An executive session is one in which 70
do nothing and keep it secret.
| II
They make their suits last SO long.
Rising with the lark is nothing wonder
tul. Any rooster can beat the lark rising.
The man who takes hint is not neccs
sarily thief.
Now that the base ball season is at hand
"strikes' will be more frequent than ever.
Every dog has his day, but the nights
belong to the cats.
Gone up highcr-Thc man who didn't
know it was loaded.
The bee can draw twenty times its own
weight; so can the porous plaster
| The cream Of experience is SKINNED
from spilled milk.
! A Richland man has been fined 500 for
keeping cow. The cow belonged to Il
neighbor.
"Oh, I'm slow" said the tortoise to the
hare; "but | get there just the camc. y
And then the hare said, "Chcstnuts."
When vessels 'lst' isit because they arc
anxious to hear what the wild waves arc
saying?
Heavy dcws promote vegetation, and
heavy dues have often sent business man
| to vcgetate.
The fashionable slipper of undrcsscd kid
is just as effective in dressing down "kids''
as any other kind.
Yes" she said, Il think Charles is in
love with me. His breath now smells of
cloves instead Of plug tobacco"
Ginger ale is said to be good for the
blood. That's the reason the dude drinks
ginger ale. The dude is blood.
Fogg speaks of the Government ware.
house as "Purgatory," inasmuch as spirits
are there held temporarily in bond.
There is hope for the du6cs 4 French
scientist claims to manufacture artificial
| brains.
| A Chicago collector Of rare books has
| paid twenty-five hundred dollars for Il bible.
| Thought it was something new, probably.
| a prominent clergyman calls the face
| the playground Of the soul" Then n
| book agents check must DC prairie
The fool knows nothing of shame. A
man can hold up his head under any cir.
| cumstanccs when there is nothing in il.
| TRUST may he good motto for a
| Christian; trust not is good one for n
| tailor.
1t is an old saying that the watched Dot
never has a boil. That is the reason why Il
| man cannot see the back part OF his neck.
DO not wear your troubles any misfor
tunes all on the outside, like an Ovcrcoat.
but keep them hidden within, like ragged
vest.
That homely babies make the best look.
| ing folks is an adagc as old as time itself:
but you dare not tell a mother her baby is
homely.
An old gent named John Smith has re-
Gently got married, giving as his chief
| 1eason his desire to save the name from
utter extinction. Bully foT Smith.
An ordinary womans waist is thirty
inches around. An ordinary mans arm is
thirty inches long. How admirable are
thy works, O Nature.
The number of plants raised by man docs
not exceed three thousand AnindustriOus
hen will raise more than that every hour in
| the day.
| BoraX is SO abundant in Columbia, New
| ada, that sells for four cents a pound, ALI,
| at last we have found out where the hotel
| clerks diamond comes from.
Said fond husband to his wife: "NIy
dear, think I'll buy you little DOG
go, no." she replied, do not! prefer civ
| ing you all my ailcctions!'
A strolling actor started out with high
| hopes of captivating the country girls, but
| report says uncertain eggs were the only
| things that were mashed on him."
Fashion Notes for Nav